Human Vision and Electronic Imaging 2024

Conference keywords: visual human factors of traditional and head-mounted displays; fundamental vision, perception, cognition research; perceptual approaches to image quality; visual and cognitive issues in imaging and analysis; art, aesthetics, and emotion; vision, audition, haptics, multisensory

Conference Overview

The conference on Human Vision and Electronic Imaging explores the role of human perception and cognition in the design, analysis, and use of electronic media systems. Over the years, it has brought together researchers, technologists, and artists, from all over the world, for a rich and lively exchange of ideas. We believe that understanding the human observer is fundamental to the advancement of electronic media systems, and that advances in these systems and applications drive new research into the perception and cognition of the human observer. Every year, we introduce new topics through our Special Sessions, centered on areas driving innovation at the intersection of perception and emerging media technologies. 

We are also proud to announce that IS&T is now publishing the Journal of Perceptual Imaging, the journal of the HVEI community, to publish peer-reviewed papers at the intersection of Human Vision/Cognition, Imaging/Media, and Art.

2024 Conference Topics

Perceptually-based algorithms, metrics, and methods

Perception-based machine-learning; Image and video quality and compression; Image and video analysis and understanding; Texture, lighting, material appearance, and rendering

Higher-level issues in image and video quality

Quality of experience, task-based quality assessment, aesthetics, emotion, and context

Fundamental and applied research in human perception and cognition

Psychophysical, neurophysiological, and computational approaches to human spatial, temporal, color, and stereo perception

Visual cognition

Visual attention and saliency, visual search, pattern recognition, perceptual organization, and semantics

Perceptual and cognitive opportunities for emerging technologies

Perceptual studies/algorithms on AR/VR, social networks, big data visualization, data analytics, medical imaging, mobile computing, and digital humanities

Perception modalities

Visual, auditory, haptic, olfactory, and taste perception, and cross-sensory interactions

Perception, art, and aesthetics

Fine arts and design, integrating artistic and scientific insights on perceptual phenomena

2024 Special Sessions

HVEI 2024 Banquet

The first HVEI Banquet was organized in 1998 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the conference. Since that time, the annual HVEI Banquet has become a beloved conference tradition, providing an opportunity to hear from an interesting speaker, as well as reminisce, cogitate, and speculate with colleagues in this exciting multidisciplinary field. Details are generally finalized in the late fall and a sign-up form is distributed by email, as well as posted on this conference page. There is an additional charge for this event.

Art: Perception and Cognition

Session Organizing Chair:
Lora Likova, Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute (US)

Throughout the ages, visual art has played a multifaceted historical role — from ancient cave paintings to 21st-century imagery. A focal point of interest lies in the exploration and expression of the processes of perception and cognition entwined in the creation and observation of visual art. While we effortlessly grasp the structural organization of the world around us through vision, it is only when attempting to encapsulate this information in visual artworks that the intricate mechanisms, the 'workings under the hood,' become apparent.

This session offers an exploration of the intricacies of perceptual and cognitive processes within the human brain, as investigated by artists through the ages — the precursors paving the way for today's visual and computational neuroscientists.